Clare Daly Resigns Press Conference

As the economic crisis worsens and following the emergency budget at the beginning of the month the urgency…

Trade unions have to take a stand against the property tax. This is an austerity tax being brought in for no other reason than to fund the ongoing bailout of bondholders . It will tip thousands of families into poverty. How can the unions, as representative organisations for workers, stay silent about that?

Should a government Minister be allowed to make a far reaching statement that sharply contradicts the thrust of government policy and not be immediately challenged as to the practical implications? If the media afforded acres of coverage to such a statement, should it not then demand that the Minister spell out what concrete action she/he proposed to take if the statement was to mean anything more than empty posturing?

South Dublin County Council have agreed to lease their domestic refuse collection routes to Greyhound waste for an undisclosed amount of money with the handover due to happen on Monday 4^th of April.